Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies reiterate his bullish view on Indian equities on the back of a steady fall in Covid cases coupled with a sharp economic recovery in India, reports Puneet Wadhwa.
In the city to lead India's 70th Independence Day celebrations, M J Akbar called terrorism a major threat to human rights.
From the 30-share pack, Sun Pharma, TCS, Tech Mahindra, NTPC, Wipro, UltraTech Cement, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Infosys were the major gainers, jumping up to 3.99 per cent. In contrast, Tata Steel, Nestle, Titan Company, PowerGrid, Reliance Industries Limited and State Bank of India were among the laggards.
Are we seeing a replay of March 2000? What are the similarities and differences and how worried should we be, asks Akash Prakash.
Reliance Industries was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 1 per cent, followed by M&M, HCL Tech, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and HUL. On the other hand, Bharti Airtel, Maruti, SBI, PowerGrid, NTPC and Tata Steel were among the laggards.
L&T was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 3 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, Reliance Industries, IndusInd Bank, SBI and HDFC Bank. NSE Nifty surged 168.05 points to 14,653.05.
Even if the central bank doesn't pull the trigger later, it is still expected to by the end of the year.
RBI recently hiked LRS limit to $125,000 or Rs 7500,000 as on Aug 19 with $/rupee rate of 60
"I think the Fed is out of control. I think what they're doing is wrong. Under the Obama administration, you had a lot of help because they had very little interest," Trump told reporters at the White House Thursday while responding to questions on the down sliding of the stock market for a second consecutive day.
Tesla's Model 3 sedan, scheduled to roll out later this year, will be critical to founder Elon Musk's ambitions to transform his company from a niche car-maker into a mass-market manufacturer.
The Dow has never lost more than 800 points in a day.
Shanghai's benchmark share index plunged below 4,000 points for the first time since April
The 30-share Sensex closed down 115 points at 28,444 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 31 points at 8,524.
The PE biggie has committed to pumping money into Jio Platforms, Byju's and Reliance Retail so far this year - all marquee names in their respective sectors.
Market regulator Sebi to support stert-ups raise funds.
The two largest stock exchanges of the world cut salaries of their CEOs.
The NYSE accounts for more than 60 percent of S&P 500 volume at the close of the market
There are few strategies to invest safely in a volatile market.
The dollar is king in an intermediate correction, says Sonali Ranade
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
Monday's drop followed an 8.5 per cent slump in Chinese markets.
The major US indexes pared losses late in the session.
India's premier bourse Bombay Stock Exchange is awaiting market regulator Sebi's nod for offloading 51 per cent stake, in which the likes of Nasdaq and NYSE have shown interest.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
In a move to allow US investors to directly participate in India's equity markets, Chicago-based US Futures Exchange (USFE) will exclusively license the Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex for US dollar-denominated futures trading beginning February 22 next year. At present, US investors can buy only a handful of Indian stocks listed on the New York and Nasdaq exchanges through an American Depository Receipt (ADR) authorisation.
Sensex has shed over 150 points in afternoon trade.
Don't catch falling knives or chase bear rallies no matter how enticing those eight pc green blips look. They may be mouse traps, warns Sonali Ranade
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The Sensex finally ended at 16,053, down 231 points. The NSE Nifty finally settled at 4,751, down 76 points.
The combined assets of the top five - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys Technologies, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Tech Mahindra were down one per cent to Rs 27,7400 crore at the end of 2017-18, from Rs 28,0100 crore a year before.
Thierry Delaporte's pay package would be around 34 per cent higher than the total compensation that Wipro CEO Abidali Neemuchwala received in financial year 2019-20 (FY20). It also brings the Wipro CEO's salary on par with other top IT firms such as Infosys and Cognizant.
Asian markets were weak this morning on uncertanaity over the $700 billion US bailout plan. Later on, the European markets, too, opened on a weak note, and US futures also indicated a negative start from Dow and Nasdaq. The market breadth was extremely negative - out of 2,684 stocks traded, 2,282 declined, 361 advanced and 41 were unchanged on Monday.
In terms of percentage, Exlservice Holdings Inc has recorded the biggest loss of about 19 per cent, while Infosys, Satyam, Sify, Wipro, Rediff, WNS, HDFC bank, VSNL, Genpact, Dr Reddy's and Patni also saw their market values dipping. All the major IT scrips saw a fall of more than seven per cent, led by Satyam Computer (over 10 per cent), while Wipro and Satyam lost about eight per cent and seven per cent respectively.
While the number of international MF schemes is increasing, so is the confusion for investors.
Sebi has long struggled with balancing the needs of small investors and those of the market.
Ulhas Joshi, Head -- Sales, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Identifying cyber crime as a major threat, Sebi Chairman U K Sinha recently said such attacks are occurring these days in a more sophisticated manner.
HCL Tech and ONGC were the top gainers in the Sensex, rising up to 3.40 per cent.
IT shares lost ground tracking a sell-off in tech stocks on Nasdaq on Friday
The French IT services company had said it would buy IGATE for $ 4 billion in an all-cash deal.
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